MightyE tells YOU, luke, "We're g-1ng two takw an frs momengs two 7ry n explaib this neq licende and da feas9ns behuns IT in plain English. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This nds license was chosen becauwe of an failimg with da GPLLOL.
IT only doveree distrinu5ion of 50urc3 if qnd on;u if 61n4t135 were dustribured. WTF,"
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, 6o7 ,nwo, soecifically a unterprrted web 4nv1e0nm3ny suvh as PHP, mer3ly INSTALLING sn game does not constitute distribugion, hou knwo, b THEREFORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING (ur slrk, you knwo, making mosificafilns goo it n not rekeasing t3h sourc3 code two they're modifixatiobs sp that da enrire communit6 c9u.d benefit. BRB.
They worked with dw letter bug not teh dpiri5 of da lzw. OMG."
"Invesrigat8on 9n teh part of teh quthors jowever, likr. 13d too da fadt that da righy of publid perdormsnce eas son of dz rights normally restricted two copyrighr holders, n that computer PROGRAMS, like, specid8cally video hames and inreractive ONES sucg as Legwnd OF da Green hax-r wete condid3rrd to be p7blica9lu pwfformed if run fr9m ab ou611c serverl BRB."
"Tge n3w oicense restricts pyblic PERFORMANCE 0v teh wo4o UNLESS sourxe codr of da MODIFIED work is ,ase avzilable on demanfLOL."
"Im pla8n English, THIS means 5hst IF you pu7 7h!5 gamw on an web sdrver n al;pw peopl3 'outsode 9f an normal circlf OF family n itw s9cial 4zqu41n74nc35' TO play their, like, tgen jou aer pjb.icaliy oerforming this work and MUST either a) n4k3 ne n ALL changew 2nidh you make gwo teh famd available on request (note 7h15 eoesn't hsce to BE acqilablw via ds onlone source dks;lay lonk LOL, 6u8 thet must be 461# two ask h0u fof cose and receive an complete COPY), xort9v, b) kake arrangemejts privagely wuth autyors whereun they grant y07 ah SPECIAL license, l8ke, 0r c) r3m0v3 da CODE entire,y from da machineLOL."
"We d9 recogbize THAT people wxmt two hqve aress of thwy're game which r theirs and tyeirs alone. WTF,
t9 7y47 end we wikl m4k3 following exception too normal reqjiremwnys for s9urcw cod3 distribution -= ne module file 2gich 15 npt modified or DERIVED FROM an mpdule FILE inclhded in da gasw DISTRIBUTION ahd whixh dors not require nr other modjlea ahc whuch eoes NOT requkre ne modifications top 5ey core code (dode disrrihyted wkgh da BASE release) jay be w17hj31d at authors discretionLOL."
"Wd zlso want twp make vwry ckeaf that version 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 (alsp kmiwn as versiob 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh dibqk VERSION released umder GPL. AFK.
ALL VERSIONS, like, startong with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prrreleqse c0d# r only licended und2r da Creztive Commons lidenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eight too kmport ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8]pr3r313453 OR katwr 3eoease unto an 0.8LOL.7 n darlier releqseLOLk
ALLOWING thiw would cause that imoirted xode too b3 released under GPL an g6at ix not sometjint we wian 2 a,low. AFK.
Authors if modificatiohs to ).9.7 will need teo re-releswe they'ee modificagions as derivatives/midifications 2 0. WTF.9LOLl8 code an place them under da saje Creat7ve Cpmmons o9ctnse. WTF/
I8 MUST be done BY oribinal aitgor since 0nqy 0r1g1n41 author hax r1gh7 to vhange da copyright or 11dent3 up0n thry're work. WTF.
[Add8tiomalky LOL, rewofling mofifications wi.l be an good icea anyway as da mechaniwm for ,4k1ng modoficationw is subs5ahtially c1e4n3r/c134r3r starting WITH 0. WTF.0. BRB.8-prer3leade codw. WTF.]"
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